Vocabulary – Antonyms Set 8
Antonym/Synonym Questions are a very important part of vocabulary section. Antonyms Mean the Word Which mean the opposite to the word given. This section is usually asked in comprehensions.
Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
Q1. SWELTER
(a) Roast
(b) Freeze
(c) Stew
(d) Bluster
Q2. MOTTLE
(a) Fade
(b) Stipple
(c) Blotch
(d) Tardily
Q3. EXIGENCY
(a) Crisis
(b) Gentle
(c) Plethora
(d) Mean
Q4. BLAZON
(a) Declare
(b) Deny
(c) Homely
(d) Pleasing
Q5. UNSAVORY
(a) Delicious
(b) Unpalatable
(c) Typify
(d) Differ
Q6. JABBER
(a) Drivel
(b) Quiet
(c) Prate
(d) Afraid
Q7. ADO
(a) Reluctant
(b) Flurry
(c) Aid
(d) Travail
Q8. ELUDE
(a) Dodge
(b) Support
(c) Thwart
(d) Flee
S8. Ans.(b)
Q9. SCOURGE
(a) Delight
(b) Whip
(c) Cane
(d) Monk
Q10. NATTY
(a) Spruce
(b) Snappy
(c) Messy
(d) Dashing
Q11. CONTEMPTUOUS
(a) Respected
(b) Derisive
(c) Haughty
(d) Expedite
Q12. IGNOMINY
(a) Glory
(b) Lifeless
(c) Obloquy
(d) Opprobrium
Q13. BEQUEATH
(a) Endow
(b) Bereave
(c) Grant
(d) Bud
Q14. PRECISION
(a) Negligence
(b) Clarity
(c) Seize
(d) Usurp
Q15. RELISH
(a) Zest
(b) Apathy
(c) Corporal
(d) Prototype
Answers Key
1.(B) 2.(A) 3.(C) 4.(B) 5.(A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B)
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